The islands along the southern Atlantic coast from Virginia to Georgia are called barrier islands because they protect the mainland from storms, tide and erosion.
But due to Clapton's persistence, he eventually did succeed in marrying her several years later. The marriage ended unhappily in divorce in 1988. Even though the romance didn't last, Eric Clapton's song Layla has maintained its popularity and is considered by some to be one of rock music's definitive love songs.
The Making Ofâ¦ Derek And The Dominosâ Layla. The wild story of Cream is told in the current issue of Uncut (dated May 2013), out now, by Ginger Baker, Jack Bruce and Eric Clapton â a couple of years later, Clapton formed Derek And The Dominos and, lovesick for George Harrisonâs wife Pattie Boyd, cut one of the greatest love songs in rock history.